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Guinn

Guinn

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I need to replace the upper hinge-half on my driver's side but have no idea how to remove the glass so I can get to the rivets. Can anyone help?

Guinn
 
I'm not sure what the 'upper hinge-half" is, but to remove the glass, unbolt the four bolts below the door latch and I think the three near the winder. That will loosen the winder mechanism. Poke the winder inside the door well. That should give you additional lateral movement with the track. you should then be able to laterly move the track back and forrth and free the window bottom from the track.
 
He's talking about the "vent" glass, not the main glass - no need to mess with the winder or tracks to work on the windwing/vent window. The glass is held in with a rubber gasket embedded around the metal frame. Start with one end and try prying it away from the glass, you might have slide a razor blade between the glass and the metal to cut through the rubber to get it started. Once you get one end started the rest will go pretty easily. Be prepared to replace the rubber gasket too (although you can use a heavy bead of black silicon to hold it in place if you're creative with it).
 
(sigh) It looks like work! I'm concerned over the chance I'd break the glass. Guess I will just have to chance it!

Thanks, guys,

Guinn
 
I was too - but go slow, it'll work. The rubber was all dried out and needed to be replaced afterwards, but it wasn't a big deal to do.
 
Guinn, the hinge pin on my wing had broken off, when I removed the window a small piece fell out of the bottom half of the hinge. The remainder of the broken pin was either stuck in the top half of the hinge or is possibly manufactured as part of the top half, I really don't know. In any case I carefully drilled out the pin from the top half to the same size as a piece of steel rod that I had, then also drilled the bottom half of the hinge (a very slight increase in the original diameter). I cut a small piece of the steel rod, smoothed both ends with a grinder and inserted it in the lower hinge piece and set the window back in place. It's been working great for a little over a year now and I didn't have to remove the glass. My thought was that the worst thing that could happen was I'd ruin the hinge and have to buy a new one and remove the glass. Might be worth a try.
 
Thanks ,all. Keith, the upper part of my hinge was snapped so that the wind-wing just flopped around, but the pin and a bit of the upper hinge were loosly stuck in position. I have tried to epoxy the parts together but have serious doubts whether it will hold even for one opening! But your fix sounds really good when just the pin is snapped off!

Guinn
 
BUT Quinn, Aren't you going to have to actually remove the entire wing window assy from the door to get at and repair the rivets?---Keoke
 
Keoke, I don't believe that will be necessary. Take a good look at the way the upper half is attached. It looks to me like the rivets come in from the front edge of the vent frame, then are upset in the channel, therefor it should be something that can be done with the vent in place. Please, please don't tell me I am wrong /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif It looks like enough work as I now see it! (Tell me anyway, I can take it). Oh, that's Guinn with a 'G'. Everyone gets it wrong. Just don't call me Gwen! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
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